Summary. "China?s Nansan border region adjacent to the Kokang region of Burma is calm, and refugees have already begun to return to Burma, ConGenOff observed August 30 and ¶31. PRC government statements and Chinese media accounts downplayed the seriousness of the conflict between ethnic Kokang fighters and Burmese military forces and disputed UNHCR claims that 10,000-30,000 refugees had fled to China. Chinese scholars did not anticipate that recent events would impact China-Burma relations and suggested that current instability could create an opportunity for increased U.S.-China cooperation on Burma." End summary.